This year’s RSPN Forum draws parallels between the Refusnik movement (which paved the way for Soviet Jews in the 1970s through the 1990s to escape religious persecution and find new economic, political, and social opportunities in America) and the worldwide immigration to the United States today, seeking the same opportunities that many Soviet Jews sought in the 70s, 80s and 90s, but facing a continuous struggle for equality, recognition, and basic Civil Rights.